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OpenClaw News Team·March 25, 2026

The Complete OpenClaw Setup Guide: Configuration, Hardening, and Fixing What Breaks

A comprehensive guide to setting up OpenClaw properly from day one — covering personalization, memory reliability, model fallbacks, Telegram configuration, security hardening, and solutions to the most common problems users encounter.

Guide Setup

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The Complete OpenClaw Setup Guide: Configuration, Hardening, and Fixing What Breaks

OpenClaw News Team·March 23, 2026

Give OpenClaw a Voice: Building a Talking AI Agent with ElevenLabs and Telegram

Turn your OpenClaw agent into a voice-powered assistant that listens and speaks through Telegram. This step-by-step guide covers integrating ElevenLabs text-to-speech and Telegram voice messages to create a seamless, conversational AI loop you can use from anywhere.

Guide Voice

13 min read

Give OpenClaw a Voice: Building a Talking AI Agent with ElevenLabs and Telegram

OpenClaw News Team·March 14, 2026

Building an OpenClaw Swarm: How to Run a Multi-Node Agent Cluster on Raspberry Pis

One Raspberry Pi runs a decent AI agent. Four of them running together? That is a swarm. This guide shows you how to build a multi-node OpenClaw cluster using Raspberry Pi 5s — distributing tasks, sharing memory, and creating a resilient agent network for under $500.

Guide Raspberry Pi

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Building an OpenClaw Swarm: How to Run a Multi-Node Agent Cluster on Raspberry Pis

OpenClaw News Team·March 13, 2026

Digital Declutter: How OpenClaw Can Organize Your Entire File System and Keep It That Way

Your Downloads folder has 3,000 files. Your Documents directory is a wasteland. This guide shows you how to train OpenClaw to organize, rename, tag, and maintain your digital files — automatically and continuously.

Guide File Management

8 min read

Digital Declutter: How OpenClaw Can Organize Your Entire File System and Keep It That Way

OpenClaw News Team·March 12, 2026

OpenClaw for Small Business: Automating the Back Office So You Can Focus on What Matters

Running a small business means wearing every hat. OpenClaw can take over your bookkeeping, inventory alerts, customer follow-ups, social media scheduling, and supplier communication — turning a one-person operation into a well-oiled machine.

Guide Small Business

8 min read

OpenClaw for Small Business: Automating the Back Office So You Can Focus on What Matters

OpenClaw News Team·March 11, 2026

Crafting the Perfect Agent: How to Tune OpenClaw's Personality, Tone, and Decision-Making Style

Your OpenClaw agent doesn't have to sound like a generic AI. Learn how to customize its personality, communication style, risk tolerance, and decision-making approach — from a cautious corporate assistant to a bold creative collaborator.

Guide Personas

9 min read

Crafting the Perfect Agent: How to Tune OpenClaw's Personality, Tone, and Decision-Making Style

OpenClaw News Team·March 10, 2026

Going Dark: How to Run OpenClaw in Offline Mode for Maximum Privacy and Resilience

What happens when your internet goes down but your AI agent still needs to work? This guide covers OpenClaw's offline mode — running a fully autonomous agent with zero cloud dependencies, perfect for air-gapped environments, travel, and maximum privacy.

Guide Offline

9 min read

Going Dark: How to Run OpenClaw in Offline Mode for Maximum Privacy and Resilience

OpenClaw News Team·March 9, 2026

Building Mission Control: How to Monitor, Manage, and Master Your OpenClaw Agent

Your AI agent runs 24/7, but are you really in control? This guide shows you how to build a Mission Control setup for OpenClaw — giving you full visibility into what your agent is doing, real-time alerts, and the tools to intervene when things go sideways.

Guide Mission Control

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Building Mission Control: How to Monitor, Manage, and Master Your OpenClaw Agent

OpenClaw News Team·March 7, 2026

OpenClaw Prompt Engineering: Getting Better Results from Your AI Agent

Your AI agent is only as good as the instructions you give it. This guide covers advanced prompt engineering techniques for OpenClaw — from system prompt design and persona configuration to task decomposition and output formatting.

Guide Prompt Engineering

9 min read

OpenClaw Prompt Engineering: Getting Better Results from Your AI Agent

OpenClaw News Team·March 7, 2026

OpenClaw for Freelancers: Automating Client Work, Invoicing, and the Business of Being Solo

A practical guide to using OpenClaw as a freelancer's operations manager — automating proposals, time tracking, invoicing, client communication, and the administrative overhead that steals hours from billable work.

Guide Freelancing

9 min read

OpenClaw for Freelancers: Automating Client Work, Invoicing, and the Business of Being Solo

OpenClaw News Team·March 7, 2026

Inbox Zero with OpenClaw: How to Automate Your Email and Never Fall Behind Again

A practical guide to using OpenClaw for automated email triage, smart replies, follow-up tracking, and newsletter management. Reclaim hours every week by letting your AI agent handle the inbox chaos.

Guide Email

9 min read

Inbox Zero with OpenClaw: How to Automate Your Email and Never Fall Behind Again

OpenClaw News Team·March 6, 2026

OpenClaw for Students: Your AI Study Partner, Lab Assistant, and Research Engine

How university students are using OpenClaw to transform studying, research, and academic work — from automated literature reviews and citation management to exam prep and group project coordination.

Guide Education

9 min read

OpenClaw for Students: Your AI Study Partner, Lab Assistant, and Research Engine

OpenClaw News Team·March 4, 2026

OpenClaw and MCP: How to Connect Your AI Agent to Every App You Use

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is the universal standard for connecting AI agents to external tools and data sources. Here's how to set up MCP in OpenClaw to integrate with Notion, GitHub, Slack, databases, and more.

Guide MCP

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OpenClaw and MCP: How to Connect Your AI Agent to Every App You Use

OpenClaw News Team·March 2, 2026

How to Set Up Voice Control in OpenClaw: Talk to Your AI Agent Like a Colleague

A complete guide to enabling voice input and output in OpenClaw. Learn how to talk to your agent hands-free using Whisper, ElevenLabs, and the built-in voice pipeline — from setup to advanced voice workflows.

Guide Voice

9 min read

How to Set Up Voice Control in OpenClaw: Talk to Your AI Agent Like a Colleague

OpenClaw News Team·February 28, 2026

Best OpenClaw Workflows in 2026: 10 Real Automations You Can Copy

Ten practical OpenClaw workflows you can copy today—from daily briefings to lead follow-ups, PR pipelines, and incident response—with concrete setup guidance.

Guide Workflows

8 min read

Best OpenClaw Workflows in 2026: 10 Real Automations You Can Copy

OpenClaw News Team·February 26, 2026

OpenClaw's New Nested Sub-Agents: How to Build Multi-Agent Teams with the Lobster Workflow Engine

The February 2026 update introduced nested sub-agents and the Lobster Workflow Engine — two features that transform OpenClaw from a single assistant into a coordinated team of specialized AI workers. Here's how to set them up.

Guide Multi-Agent

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OpenClaw's New Nested Sub-Agents: How to Build Multi-Agent Teams with the Lobster Workflow Engine

OpenClaw News Team·February 24, 2026

How to Set Up OpenClaw with OpenAI Codex: The Complete Guide to Cloud-Powered Autonomous Coding

A comprehensive guide to connecting OpenClaw with OpenAI's Codex cloud coding agent. Learn how to turn your always-on AI into a remote software engineering team that writes, tests, and iterates on code — all from a single chat message.

Guide Codex

12 min read

How to Set Up OpenClaw with OpenAI Codex: The Complete Guide to Cloud-Powered Autonomous Coding

OpenClaw News Team·February 21, 2026

10 Unexpected Things People Are Doing with OpenClaw

From running D&D campaigns to managing a backyard garden to ghostwriting a novel — the OpenClaw community is using their AI agents in ways nobody predicted. Here are the wildest ones.

Community Guide

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10 Unexpected Things People Are Doing with OpenClaw

OpenClaw News Team·February 21, 2026

OpenClaw for Teams: Collaborative Workflows & Multi-Agent Setups

How small teams, startups, and even families can share an OpenClaw instance, coordinate tasks across multiple agents, and build collaborative workflows that actually work.

Guide Automation

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OpenClaw for Teams: Collaborative Workflows & Multi-Agent Setups

OpenClaw News Team·February 21, 2026

Building an Autonomous Company with OpenClaw Agent Employees

What if you could hire a team of AI agents — each with their own accounts, access, and specialisations — and orchestrate them like a CEO? Here's how to build an autonomous company with OpenClaw.

Guide Automation

17 min read

Building an Autonomous Company with OpenClaw Agent Employees

OpenClaw News Team·February 20, 2026

Building Your First OpenClaw Automation Pipeline

Stop using your AI agent for one-off tasks. Learn how to chain multiple skills together into a fully automated pipeline that monitors, processes, and acts—without you lifting a finger.

Guide Automation

10 min read

Building Your First OpenClaw Automation Pipeline

OpenClaw News Team·February 20, 2026

How to Configure OpenClaw with Google Antigravity for Autonomous Software Development

A step-by-step user guide to connecting OpenClaw with Google's Antigravity Agentic IDE. Turn your always-on AI agent into a full autonomous engineering team that writes, debugs, reviews, and deploys code while you sleep.

Guide Antigravity

10 min read

How to Configure OpenClaw with Google Antigravity for Autonomous Software Development

OpenClaw News Team·February 19, 2026

The Ultimate Guide to OpenClaw Skills: What They Are, Which Ones Matter, and How to Stay Safe

A comprehensive review of the OpenClaw skills ecosystem. We break down ClawHub, review the most impactful official skills, and give you a security playbook for vetting community contributions.

Skills ClawHub

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The Ultimate Guide to OpenClaw Skills: What They Are, Which Ones Matter, and How to Stay Safe

OpenClaw Security Team·February 18, 2026

OpenClaw Security Deep Dive: The Definitive Guide for Local Deployment

A comprehensive guide to securing your OpenClaw deployment. From threat models and supply chain integrity to host hardening, sandboxing, and network isolation.

Security Deep Dive

7 min read

OpenClaw News Team·February 17, 2026

Project Lazarus: Converting an Old MacBook into a Secure, Dedicated AI Agent (2026 Edition)

Don't let that old MacBook gather dust. Turn it into a sandboxed, 24/7 AI employee. A complete security guide for running OpenClaw with Cloud LLMs.

Guide Security

8 min read

Project Lazarus: Converting an Old MacBook into a Secure, Dedicated AI Agent (2026 Edition)

OpenClaw News Team·February 16, 2026

Writing Custom Skills: A Developer's (Hello World) Guide

Unleash the full power of your agent. A step-by-step tutorial on writing your first custom Python skill for OpenClaw.

Guide Coding

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Writing Custom Skills: A Developer's (Hello World) Guide

OpenClaw News Team·February 13, 2026

Automating Your Smart Home with OpenClaw

Turn your robotic assistant into a true butler. Learn how to connect OpenClaw to Home Assistant and Philips Hue to control your physical world with natural language.

Guide Smart Home

5 min read

Automating Your Smart Home with OpenClaw

OpenClaw News Team·February 13, 2026

Building a Personal Research Assistant with OpenClaw

Stop doom-scrolling and start learning. A step-by-step guide to configuring OpenClaw to browse the web, summarize papers, and organize your research automatically.

Guide Productivity

6 min read

Building a Personal Research Assistant with OpenClaw

OpenClaw News Team·February 13, 2026

Running OpenClaw on a Budget: A Comprehensive Hardware Guide

You don't need a $10,000 GPU cluster to run autonomous AI agents. Learn how to build a capable OpenClaw rig using Raspberry Pis, used laptops, or consumer graphics cards.

Guide Hardware

7 min read

Running OpenClaw on a Budget: A Comprehensive Hardware Guide

OpenClaw News Team·February 12, 2026

OpenClaw Prerequisites & Complete Installation Guide

Everything you need to install, configure, and run OpenClaw — from system requirements to onboarding, skills, services, and troubleshooting.

Guide Installation

6 min read

OpenClaw Prerequisites & Complete Installation Guide

OpenClaw Security Team·February 10, 2026

OpenClaw Safety Guide: Security Best Practices

A practical security guide for running OpenClaw safely: permissions, isolation, secrets, approvals, monitoring, and incident response.

Security Safety

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OpenClaw Safety Guide: Security Best Practices